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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Heather Etchevers
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-14340 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
de Pontual Loïc L Zaghloul Norann A NA Thomas Sophie S Davis Erica E EE McGaughey David M DM Dollfus Hélène H Baumann Clarisse C Bessling Seneca L SL Babarit Candice C Pelet Anna A Gascue Cecilia C Beales Philip P Munnich Arnold A Lyonnet Stanislas S Etchevers Heather H Attie-Bitach Tania T Badano Jose L JL McCallion Andrew S AS Katsanis Nicholas N Amiel Jeanne J
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090731 33
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a common, multigenic neurocristopathy characterized by incomplete innervation along a variable length of the gut. The pivotal gene in isolated HSCR cases, either sporadic or familial, is RET. HSCR also presents in various syndromes, including Shah-Waardenburg syndrome (WS), Down (DS), and Bardet-Biedl (BBS). Here, we report 3 families with BBS and HSCR with concomitant mutations in BBS genes and regulatory RET elements, whose functionality is tested in physiologica ...[more]